Pole-tip



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, POLE TIB.- Y y .NO- 382.529. Y PatentedMay 8.1883.

N4 PETERS. Fhulvliihognphr, Washington, D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THOMAS J. HOUGHTON, OF LANG-ASTEIQPENNSYLVANIA.

POLETIP.

SPECIFICATION forming pmbf Lea-ernment No. 3825.29, dated May 8,1888.

Application led October 5, 188.7. Serial No. 251,521. (No model.) 'A

To aZZ whom it may coitcern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. HoUGHToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lan caster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Hitching Devices for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tips for the poles of vehicles to which two horses are attached, and is an improvement upon the construction and application of an invention for which I obtained LettersPatent No. 357,600, dated February 15, 1887; and the objects of my improvements are, flrstfto secure the clasp more firmly in place when closed than was previously done, and, second, to adapt the clasp With its attendant mechanism to be used on the ends of the poles of two-horse vehicles. I accomplish this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a pole with my improved tip attached thereto, the end carrying the tip being shown in side view; Fig. 2, an enlarged side view of the tip; and Fig.

V3, a side View of the tip, with a portion of the shell removed to show the operating mechanism.

Similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

The pole-tip 4is formed of two sections connected by the bolt a, securing the tip to the pole. The rst section, B, is in shape and appearance similar to the tips generally used, but somewhat longer, and has a longitudinal slot in its under side, which receives the second section--a plate, D, to which is attached the operating mechanism.- This second section extends back some distance farther than section B, and is secured to the pole A by an additional bolt, a. The front end also interlocks with section B by means of a forwardlyprojecting lip, d, which engages the inner surface of said section B. l

The mechanism by which the yokecollar is secured is substantially the same as that de scribed in my patent before mentioned, and is constructed as follows:

A clasp, E, has one end pivoted in a slot in the plate D at f, the end e of the same being plate D. When opened, the clasp is so held by means of a trigger, L, pivoted in the slot at 1, immediately back of the rear end lof the clasp E, and is actuated bythe spring N. The

frontend of thetrigger is formed With ahooked catch adapted to engage with a notch formed in the base of a lug on the rear end of the clasp E. As previously constructed, the front end, e', of the claspV rested against the plate in a collar, K, secured to the plate D. This was found not to be sufficient] y secure, as .nnder certain stress the forward en d of the clasp was liable to be forced open, notwithstandving the spring G. This defect I have remedied by using another trigger, M, which is pivoted in frontof the clasp at m, and acts,by virtue of the spring O; to keeplthe clasp closed in the same manner in which the trigger L serves to hold it open.

In order to save the clasp, and at the same to afford a better backward bearing to the collar of the yoke, there is a fiange, P, formed integral with the tip and located within the clasp, but divided into sections in the same way as is the tip, one section of the flange being formed on section B and the other 'on section D.

The use of my invention herein described prevents the accidental separation of the yoke from the pole and the numerous accidents incidental thereto. l

The construction of the tip in two sections permits the connection therewith of the clasp and its actuating mechanism,\vl1ich would oth= erwise be almost impossible.

Having thus described my invention,what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.v In ahitching device for vehicles, the combination,vwith the poletip divided into sec= tions, ofthe clasp E, spring G, triggers L and othel1 to keep it closed, and springs to force M, and springs N and O, constructed to operate the triggers into such engagement, for the pursubstantially as described. pose specified.

2. The combination, in a pole-tip, with the THOMAS J. HOUGHTON. 5 clasp, and a spring connected with and act- \Vitnesses:

ing to close the same, of two triggers, one en- GEO. A. LANE,

gnging with the clasp to keep it open and the WVM. R. GERHART. 

